Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. VI-VII. Letters
Charles Lamb to John Forster, [1833?]
Orders.
GO to Dilke’s, or Let Mockson, and ax him to add this to what I sent him a few days
since, or to continue it the week after. The Plantas &c. are capital.
Requests.
Come down with M. and
Dante and
L. E. L. on Sunday.
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I dont mean at his House, but the Atheneum office. Send it there. Hand shakes.
Henry Francis Cary (1772-1844)
English poet; he was assistant-keeper of printed books at the British Museum (1826) and
translator of Dante (1805-19).
Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789-1864)
In 1816 he settled in Hampstead and befriended Leigh Hunt, John Hamilton Reynolds, and
John Keats; he contributed antiquarian material to periodicals and was editor of the
Athenaeum (1830-46).
Letitia Elizabeth Landon [L. E. L.] (1802-1838)
English poet who came to attention through the
Literary Gazette;
she published three volumes in 1825. She was the object of unflattering gossip prior to her
marriage to George Maclean in 1838.
Edward Moxon (1801-1858)
Poet and bookseller; after employment at Longman and Company he set up in 1830 with
financial assistance from Samuel Rogers and became the leading publisher of literary
poetry.
The Athenaeum. London Literary and Critical
Journal. (1828-1921). The
Athenaeum was founded by James Silk Buckingham; editors
included Frederick Denison Maurice (July 1828-May 1829) John Sterling (May 1829-June 1830),
Charles Wentworth Dilke (June 1830-1846), and Thomas Kibble Hervey (1846-1853).
